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Maternal pelvic dimensions and neonatal size: Implications for growth plasticity in early life as adaptation

Patterns of fetal growth predict non-communicable disease risk in adult life, but fetal growth variability appears to have a relatively weak association with maternal nutritional dynamics during pregnancy. This challenges the interpretation of fetal growth variability as ‘adaptation’. We hypothesize...

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Autores principales: Wells, Jonathan C K, Figueiroa, José N, Alves, Joao G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5798154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29423225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emph/eox016